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authoress

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authoress [ˈɔːθəˌrɛs]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Now usually disparaging a female author
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Noun1.authoress - a woman author
author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Translations
authoress [ˈɔːθərɪs] N → autora f
authoress [ˈɔːθərɛs] n (old-fashioned) → femme f écrivain, écrivaine f
authoress
n → Schriftstellerin f
authoress [ˈɔːθərɪs] n → autrice f
authoress [ˈɔːθərɪs] n → autrice f


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[Greek] The authoress has bungled by borrowing these words verbatim from the "Iliad", without prefixing the necessary "do not," which I have supplied.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
ADVERTISEMENT BY THE AUTHORESS, TO NORTHANGER ABBEY
Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context
Blake's interference has placed her as an authoress, seems due on the ground of common justice.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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